Biology of pregnancy in the domestic cat (Felis catus);Biología de la gestación en la gata doméstica (Felis catus)

Archivos de Medicina Veterinaria

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 147-156

  Sanchez, A E ^a   Silva, M E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE TEMUCO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cat; Gestation; Placenta; Progesterone; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; RELAXIN;

BLASTOCYTE; BREEDING; CAT; CELL MIGRATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FERTILIZATION; GESTATION PERIOD; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVIDUCT; OVULATION; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; UTERUS;

FELIS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0041871011     PISSN: 0301732X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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